94.8% of residents of Bolivar speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (44% speak English very well, 56% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Foreign born population: 222 (2.5%)
(41.9% of them are naturalized citizens)

Percentage of workers working in this county: 74.2%Number of people working at home: 119 (3.1% of all workers)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 3,070 (79%)

Carpooled: 322 (8%)

Walked: 321 (8%)

Other means: 32 (1%)

Worked at home: 119 (3%)

First ancestries reported:

United States or American: 1,141

German: 1,042

English: 993

Irish: 718

Other groups: 642

Scottish: 174

French (except Basque): 143

Scotch-Irish: 102

Romanian: 97

Norwegian: 87

Dutch: 86

Swedish: 83

European: 80

Welsh: 76

Polish: 74

Czech: 70

Italian: 60

French Canadian: 56

Finnish: 31

British: 26

Czechoslovakian: 24

Canadian: 20

Swiss: 15

Hungarian: 14

Greek: 10

Northern European: 7

Yugoslavian: 7

Egyptian: 6

Subsaharan African:: 6

South African: 6

Arab:: 6

Basque: 6

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

44%Romania

11%Malaysia

9%Canada

6%Philippines

6%Panama

5%China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan

5%Australia

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 5,529

Northeast: 136

Midwest: 1,296

South: 1,122

West: 609

36% of Bolivar residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Missouri.